Kamal Ghorui
PUNE: A four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered by a senior citizen in a village in Maharashtra’s Pune district.According to news agency PTI, the police have arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with the incident that occurred in Bhor tehsil on Friday.“The accused allegedly lured the child with the promise of food and took her to a shed in a cattle enclosure, where he sexually assaulted her and killed her,” he said.When the girl went missing, her relatives began looking for her. During the search, CCTV footage from a private residence captured the accused with the child, the official said.Hundreds of villagers rushed to a police chowki and demanded stern action against the accused.The mob later staged a blockade on the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, resulting in a heavy traffic jam.Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandipsingh Gill assuaged the mob, assuring the public that a chargesheet in the case will be filed within 15 days.
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